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Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Education and Training Provision
John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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2559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details and the breakdown of the student intake into primary teaching colleges and university faculties of education for the years 2020 to 2024; the gender breakdown of both students in training and students graduating at primary level and post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20066/25]
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Under Section 49 of the Higher Education Act 2022 publicly funded Higher Education Institutions must provide statistics on student enrolments and graduates to the HEA in the form of an annual statistical return. The Statistics Unit of the Higher Education Authority is responsible for collecting, auditing and analysing these student data returns. Therefore the HEA has responsibility for collating data on student numbers.
The data you have requested has been provided to the Department by the HEA, and is set out below in tabular form. For the purposes of statistical confidentiality, all numbers are rounded to the nearest five.
For further details you can contact the HEA at oireachtas@hea.ie or statistics@hea.ie.
Primary Enrolments
| Course Level | HEI | Gender | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Dublin City University | Female | 1,420 | 1,410 | 1,440 | 1,435 | 1,450 |
| Male | 295 | 290 | 265 | 245 | 250 | ||
| Other | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Mary Immaculate College, Limerick | Female | 1,430 | 1,480 | 1,470 | 1,470 | 1,505 | |
| Male | 385 | 370 | 350 | 320 | 310 | ||
| Other | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Maynooth University | Female | 225 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 275 | |
| Male | 40 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 35 | ||
| Other | - | - | - | - | |||
| Undergraduate Total | 3,795 | 3,845 | 3,820 | 3,765 | 3,840 | ||
| Postgraduate | Dublin City University | Female | 115 | 105 | 105 | 110 | 90 |
| Male | 20 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 40 | ||
| Mary Immaculate College, Limerick | Female | 130 | 125 | 110 | 95 | 110 | |
| Male | 20 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 35 | ||
| Maynooth University | Female | 60 | 60 | 55 | 55 | 60 | |
| Male | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Postgraduate Total | 350 | 350 | 335 | 330 | 355 | ||
| Grand Total | 4,150 | 4,200 | 4,155 | 4,100 | 4,190 |
Post-primary Enrolments
| Course Level | HEI | Gender | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Atlantic Technological University | Female | 5 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 60 |
| Male | 70 | 95 | 105 | 110 | 125 | ||
| Dublin City University | Female | 305 | 325 | 330 | 345 | 355 | |
| Male | 210 | 230 | 270 | 255 | 275 | ||
| Mary Immaculate College, Limerick | Female | 245 | 285 | 300 | 325 | 365 | |
| Male | 100 | 120 | 135 | 150 | 160 | ||
| Maynooth University | Female | 120 | 135 | 140 | 130 | 125 | |
| Male | 60 | 65 | 65 | 80 | 75 | ||
| Other | - | - | - | ||||
| National College of Art and Design | Female | 100 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 110 | |
| Male | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 10 | ||
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| St. Angela's College of Home Economics, Sligo | Female | 375 | 440 | 490 | 430 | 365 | |
| Male | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Other | - | ||||||
| Trinity College Dublin | Female | 30 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 35 | |
| Male | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Other | - | ||||||
| University College Cork | Female | 65 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 85 | |
| Male | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Other | - | ||||||
| University College Dublin | Female | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 50 | |
| Male | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 20 | ||
| Other | - | - | - | ||||
| University of Galway | Female | 30 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 45 | |
| Male | 25 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 40 | ||
| Undergraduate Total | 1,820 | 2,070 | 2,245 | 2,265 | 2,350 | ||
| Postgraduate | Dublin City University | Female | 255 | 275 | 300 | 310 | 285 |
| Male | 85 | 100 | 125 | 155 | 150 | ||
| Mary Immaculate College, Limerick | Female | 55 | 100 | 110 | |||
| Male | 15 | 30 | 35 | ||||
| Maynooth University | Female | 175 | 175 | 155 | 160 | 160 | |
| Male | 90 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 90 | ||
| National College of Art and Design | Female | 30 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 25 | |
| Male | 5 | - | - | 5 | 5 | ||
| Other | - | ||||||
| St. Angela's College of Home Economics, Sligo | Female | 70 | 75 | 85 | 105 | 115 | |
| Male | - | 5 | - | - | |||
| Trinity College Dublin | Female | 100 | 100 | 105 | 85 | 75 | |
| Male | 45 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 45 | ||
| University College Cork | Female | 175 | 185 | 180 | 150 | 155 | |
| Male | 70 | 65 | 75 | 85 | 85 | ||
| Other | - | ||||||
| University College Dublin | Female | 125 | 125 | 155 | 150 | 140 | |
| Male | 105 | 105 | 100 | 95 | 95 | ||
| Other | - | ||||||
| University of Galway | Female | 180 | 215 | 205 | 175 | 190 | |
| Male | 100 | 100 | 110 | 105 | 85 | ||
| Other | - | - | |||||
| University of Limerick | Female | 35 | |||||
| Male | 15 | ||||||
| Postgraduate Total | 1,660 | 1,695 | 1,835 | 1,865 | 1,855 |
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